General Ecology - MB162P47

• Title: General Ecology
• Czech title: Ekologie obecná
• Guaranteed by: Department of Ecology (31-162)
• Faculty: Faculty of Science
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:3/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unlimited
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: yes
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Explanation: od 2022/23 anglická varianta MB160P08
• Note: enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Mgr. Kateřina Kopalová, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Mgr. Kateřina Kopalová, Ph.D.; doc. RNDr. Robert Tropek, Ph.D.
• Incompatibility : MB160P08, MB170P75
• Is incompatible with: MB160P08, MB170P75

Literature

Last update: Mgr. Kateřina Kopalová, Ph.D. (16.02.2024)

M. Begon & C.R. Townsend: ECOLOGY: From Individuals to Ecosystems

T. M. Smith & R.L. Smith: Elements of Ecology

Townsend, Bwgon, Harper: Essentials of Ecology

Requirements to the exam

Last update: Mgr. Kateřina Kopalová, Ph.D. (16.02.2024)

Exam: written test

Syllabus

Last update: Mgr. Kateřina Kopalová, Ph.D. (19.02.2024)

1. Introduction: Historical Background; Organisms and their Environment; Natural Selection; Effects of Environmental Factors on an Organism; Adaptations; Tolerance; Ecological Niche (KK)

2. Biogeography: Species Richness and Diversity and their Patterns; Island Biogeography (RT)

3. Population Ecology: Life History Strategies; Properties of Populations; Population Growth; Intraspecific Population Regulation; Metapopulations (RT)4. Ecosystem Ecology I.: Climate; Energy Flow in Biosphere; Solar Radiation; Primary Production (KK)

5. Biomes I: Terrestrial Ecosystems; Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems; Land-Water Margins (KK)

6. Biomes II: Aquatic Ecosystems; Differences between Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems (KK)

7. Ecosystem Ecology : Nutrient cycles; Ecosystem Energetics, Decomposition; Biogeochemical Cycles (KK)

8. Interspecific Interactions I: Competition; Predation; Herbivory; Top-down and Bottom-up Effects (RT)

9. Interspecific Interactions II: Mutualism; Network Ecology; Trophic Networks (RT)

10. Community Ecology I: Ecological Community Concepts; Community Structure and Dynamics (RT)

11. Community Ecology II: Ecological Stability; Disturbance; Succession; Landscape Ecology (RT)

12. Human Ecology: Anthropocene; Human Resource Use and Sustainability; Global (climate) Change (RT)